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PHE: Enhanced outbreak investigations, London care homes (April 2020)​, 2 July 2020

Paper prepared by Public Health England (PHE).

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 1 September 2020
• Last updated: 20 August 2021 — See all updates

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PHE: Enhanced outbreak investigations, London care homes (April 2020), 2 July 2020

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Supporting paper written by PHE on SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in care home settings. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 45 on 2 July 2020, but not considered or discussed in the meeting.

The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

A consolidated version of this paper, and the related Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in 6 care homes in London (April 2020) is also available on the EClinicalMedicine website.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 1 September 2020
Last updated 20 August 2021 + show all updates

1. 20 August 2021

   This paper was released as part of a batch of SAGE documents on 20 August 2021.

2. 1 September 2020

   First published.